To Know, To Will, To Dare, To Keep a Fancy T-Shirt

There’s no telling what Aleister Crowley would think of this “Thelema” t-shirt, although I suspect it wouldn’t be pleasant. Wearing an enormous Thelemic pentacle seems to go against the principles of silence espoused by most magical traditions, and depicting Crowley invoking the sign of silence just beneath it doesn’t help matters much.

Still, if you’re more interested in the aesthetics of the occult rather than its practice, you could find worse looking t-shirts. Grab one at Black Sanctuary.

Crowley wasn’t some “tr00 black metal” idiot raging against ‘posers’. The man was a prankster by nature and he loved to see controversy around his character and thelema. He would have loved the current obsession of hipsters and the like with occult symbolism.

Antediluviancurrent

Crowley wasn’t some “tr00 black metal” idiot raging against ‘posers’. The man was a prankster by nature and he loved to see controversy around his character and thelema. He would have loved the current obsession of hipsters and the like with occult symbolism.

markhovcheney

And I’m sure he would have had no use for the ultra-serious no-fun having dipshits that flip out about stuff like this.

markhovcheney

And I’m sure he would have had no use for the ultra-serious no-fun having dipshits that flip out about stuff like this.

Matt Staggs

Glad to have launched this conversation.

Anomaly_of_Anomie

Symbols are live entities. Commercializing broadens awareness and weakens their effect. Power should not be tainted by the conscious minds of those who do not understand, and thus is traditionally best kept hidden.

No one here can speak the opinions of a dead man. Besides, Crowley himself publicly exposed knowledge that he was sworn to guard secretly.There was much controversy surrounding this action at the time and still to this day. He alone did not invent the signs or rituals of the occult world.

Still, it is not likely this fashion will become popular. Things have a way of working out on their own.

Anomaly_of_Anomie

Symbols are live entities. Commercializing broadens awareness and weakens their effect. Power should not be tainted by the conscious minds of those who do not understand, and thus is traditionally best kept hidden.

No one here can speak the opinions of a dead man. Besides, Crowley himself publicly exposed knowledge that he was sworn to guard secretly.There was much controversy surrounding this action at the time and still to this day. He alone did not invent the signs or rituals of the occult world.

Still, it is not likely this fashion will become popular. Things have a way of working out on their own.

Anomaly_of_Anomie

Symbols are live entities. Commercializing broadens awareness and weakens their effect. Power should not be tainted by the conscious minds of those who do not understand, and thus is traditionally best kept hidden.

No one here can speak the opinions of a dead man. Besides, Crowley himself publicly exposed knowledge that he was sworn to guard secretly.There was much controversy surrounding this action at the time and still to this day. He alone did not invent the signs or rituals of the occult world.

Still, it is not likely this fashion will become popular. Things have a way of working out on their own.

Daniel Reasor

That’s almost exactly the opposite of how memes and sigils actually work. Invoke Often.

Daniel Reasor

That’s almost exactly the opposite of how memes and sigils actually work. Invoke Often.

Apathesis

Ugh. Hipsters.

Apathesis

Ugh. Hipsters.

MCLepus

Correction: That is not a “pentagram” it is the Universal Hexagram. Count the points. 93

MCLepus

Correction: That is not a “pentagram” it is the Universal Hexagram. Count the points. 93